Clothes drier



March 3, 1936- c. H. SCHUL-rn 2,032,891

CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 24, 1935 INVENTOR. 62,4 a5 Joh/M 72E.

`BY l i l ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 3, 1936 UNITED s'rrss ATENT CFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes driers.

One of the main objects of the invetnion resides in a clothes drier which enables the clothes to be dried to be hung thereon from within a room and the entire drier slid outwardly through a window opening clear of the sashes so as not to interfere with the sliding of the sashes, nor interfere With the entrance of light into a room through the window, nor impair the view of the outside through the window. Such construction of clothes drier lis intended to eliminate the reaching through a window to hang clothes and Y to remove them from the pulley supported typeY of clothes line.

Another feature of the invention is to provide a clothes drier which is mounted for free sliding movement upon brackets secured at opposite sides of a window opening adjacent the topthereof to enable the hanging and removal of the clothes and the sliding of the drier in and out through the window opening without stooping or leaning on the part of a user.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of a clothes drier which includes a rack slidably supported in a novel manner to enable the easy removal of the rack from its support when not in use, and the positioning of the rack for use when desired.

A further feature of the invention is to provide a clothes drier which when extended through a window opening exterior of a building is capable of safely supporting the weight of its capacity of wet clothes to be dried without the aid of guy wires, rods, and other like unsightly and cumbersome extraneous devices.

A still further feature of the invention is the provision of a clothes drier of the above mentioned type which is adjustable for use upon various widths windows, is simple and inexpensive of construction, and strong and durable for the purposes intended.

With these and other objects in view, the inpended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is-a horizontal sectional view through a window showing my invention in top plan, the` clothes rack being shown in extended position in full lines and in retracted position in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view on the line 4-4 of'Figure 2, but showing the hinged closure of the roller housing in open position in dotted lines.

Figure 5 is a perspective View `of one of the supporting brackets per se.

Figure 6'is a side elevational View of one of the hinge locking pins.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral Ill designates the side wall or window frame of a building, I I a window opening and I2 and I3, the upper and lower sliding sashes of the window. Secured to the outside of the wall Ill adjacent the top of the window opening II are horizontally disposed supporting brackets Ill-I4 and in view of the fact that the brackets I4-I4 are identical in construction, a description of one will suffice Vfor the other.

The brackets I4-I4 are constructed in rights and lefts, and each includes a vertical attaching bar I5 preferably constructed of angle iron. Welded or otherwise secured to one of the sides of the angle bar I5 and extending outwardly and horizontally therefrom is a horizontal arm IB, the inner end of the arm extending slightly beyond the bar I5 to provide an extension portion Il having openings I8 therein for the passage of fastening elements. Welded to the vertical bar I5 is the short leg of an L-shaped brace I9, the long leg or arm ofthe brace I9 extending outwardly and being welded or otherwise secured adjacent the outer end ofthe horizontal arm I6. The brace I9 is onsubstantially thevsame plane as the arm IB, and the short leg of the L-Shaped brace constitutes a shoulder 20 for a purpose to be presently explained. Welded or otherwise secured adjacent the top and bottom of the vertical bar I5 are outwardly converging diagonal brace bars-2|, the outer ends of which are welded or otherwise secured to the outer side of the horizontal arm I6. The brace bars 2| and vertical bar I5 form a substantially triangular shaped frame for the support of the horizontal arm I6. The bar I5 is provided with spaced openings 22 for the passage of fastening elements presently to be described'for use in vsecuring the bracket in position upon the wall I0.

Welded to the inner-.side of thehorizontal arm I6 at spaced distancestherealong, are U-shaped housings23 and journaledin each housing is a. grooved roller 24. AThe outer side of each housing 23 at the top thereof is provided with spaced hinge pin knuckles 25 while hinged to the other side wall of each housing 23 as at 26, ls an inverted U-shaped guide member 21, the free side of the guide member 21 being provided with a hinge pin knuckle 28 for alinement with the knuckle 25 when the guide member 21 is in closed position. The guide members 21 are locked in closed position by a single locking pin 29 which passes through the alined'hinge pin knuckles bestseen in Figures l and 2 of the drawing. In order to captively connect the locking pin 29 to the bracket, one end of the pin is provided with an eye 30 while the inner end of the horizontal arm I6 carries a chain 3 I, the free end of which is provided with a snap hook 32 for engaging the eye 30 of the locking pin 29.

By reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, it will be seen that the brackets I4 are positioned` adjacent the top of the window opening II exteriorly of the wall I0, with the roller supports facing inwardly. The extension portion I1 of each bracket fits against the side of the window opening II and fastening screws 33 pass through the openings I8 into the wall I0. The shoulder portion 20 of the L-shaped brace I9 fits against the outside of the wall I as does the vertical bar I 5. Fastening screws 34 pass through the openings 22 into the wall I0. From the description thus` far, it will be seen that the brackets I 4 are rigidly supported upon the exterior of the wall I0 and extends outwardly therefrom in parallel relation.

Slidably supported by the brackets I4I4 is a Y clothes rack R which is of substantially rectangular conguration in plan. The rack R includes a pair of inwardly spacing U-shaped frame sections 35-35, which are preferably constructed of rigid metal tubing and each U-shaped frame section comprises a side rail 36 and parallel end rails or legs 31. Fixed in the free end of the legs 31 of one frame section 35 are rods 38 which telescope the respective legs 31 of the other frame section 35. By joining the end rails 31 of the two frame sections 35 in this manner, the same may be adjusted to various Widths for use in connection with windows of diiferent widths. Threaded into the end rails 31 of the frame section and extending inwardly therefrom, are screw eyes-39 to which the ends of flexible clothes lines 4D are secured. The eyes are so positioned that the clothes lines 40 are disposed in spaced parallel relation lengthwise of the rack R.

In positioning the rack R for sliding movement uponthe brackets III-I4, the locking pins 29 are withdrawn from locking engagement with the guide members 21 and roller housing 23, whereupon the hinged guide members 21 may be swung to an open position upon the hinges 26 as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4 of the drawing. When the guide members 21 are in open position, the side rails 36 of the rack R may be placed upon the rollers 24, after which the hinged guide members 21 are swung to closed position and the lockingY pin 29 inserted into the alined eyes or hinge knuckles 25 and 28, thus locking the rack R in slid outwardly in order to dispose the entire rack beyond the path of sliding movement of the sashes I2 and I3. By mounting the rack adjacent the top of the window opening, it is possible for a user to hang the clothes and remove them from the line 40 without stooping or leaning, it being understood that the upper sash is in a fully lowered position during the sliding of the rack back and forth through the window opening. There is suicient clearance between the top of the window casing and the path of the rack R to enable the free passage of any upwardly extending clothes pin which may be used in fastening the clothes upon the line. In the event that the clothes hung upon the lines depend below the plane of the sashes during movement of the rack back and forth, the operator may lift the hung clothes clear of the sashes during such sliding movement. When the rack is not in use, the same may be drawn inwardly through the window opening, after which the pins 29 may be removed from their locking position and the guide members 21 swung to open position, whereupon the entire rack R may be lifted free of the supporting bracket and stored away until further use of the same is desired.

While I have shown and described what I consider to be the most practical embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that such changes and alterations as come within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to when desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States ist- 1. A clothes drier comprising a pair of brackets adapted to be fixedly secured to the exterior of a building wall respectively at opposite sides thereof, a clothes rack frame, rollers mounted on said brackets and slidably supporting the opposite side rails of said frame, and releasable guide members carried by said brackets and overlying the side rails of said frame for preventing up and down tilting of said frame. l

2. A clothes drier comprising a pair of brackets adapted to be fixedly secured to the exterior of a building wall respectively at opposite sides thereof, a rigid rectangular shaped frame having clothes lines strung lengthwise thereof, sets of spaced rollers mounted on said brackets and slidably supporting the respective side rails of said frame, sets of hinged guide members mounted on said brackets and overlying the side rails of said frame, and releasable means for locking and unlocking the guide members of each set relative to said brackets.

3. A clothes drier comprising a pair of brackets adapted to be fixedly secured to the exterior of a building wall respectively at opposite sides thereof, each bracket including a horizontally disposed arm, a set of spaced rollers mounted on said arm, a set of guide members hinged to said arm for swinging movement to a closed position clear of the same, a rigid rectangular shaped rack having parallel side rails resting upon the respec-V tive sets of rollers of the pair of brackets, said guide members overlying said side rails when closed, intertting hinge knuckles on said guide members and their related brackets, and a removable looking pin passing through the hinge knuckles of each bracket and the guide members mounted thereon for releasably locking the hinged guide members in closed position over the respective rollers and side rails of the rack.

CLAUS H. SCHULTZE. 

